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joss82 on June 18, 2017 | parent | context | favorite | on: Your own company? You can do it (2011)

This is not good advice for hard-working, dedicated programmers who wants to start their own company. Foregoing a salary is scary enough that you don't need to discourage wannabe entrepreneurs even more.

quickben on June 18, 2017 [–]

One doesn't have to. Start part time?

joss82 on June 18, 2017 | [–]

That's actually great, but not always possible.

Maybe save by living frugally for a while, as the OP did?

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